| TLDR: When do you find it appropriate to read manga/LN to a series with an anime already released? I'm a bit new to the manga/LN scene so maybe it's just my personal preference/experience but consuming more than one medium for a series is quite redundant is it not? You're essentially reading/watching something you've already read/watched. I've played Zelda: Ocarina of Time and am now reading the manga, and it's literally just the story of the game. I was expecting a more in depth telling of the lore behind Zelda but there is not. |
| Usually the source context is better than the anime equivalent but thats just from personal experience. Animes do take some important content out to make it fit. Usually if something like the Ocarina of time Manga you read is based of the game or an anime it wont have changed much. |
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clandestine said: If you have time, I'd suggest giving some source material a try if you can find it and make time to read it. I feel like it's a shame when an adapted LN source has missing components. I haven't actually read an LN but based off of a prelude of a fan translated LN that I read, it was very hard to follow and read like a script to a movie. Simple statements of actions with no flavour, along with the dialogue. It requires much more effort to get through than any other medium. I guess a source LN allows content to be pumped out much faster, which is obviously something the industry wants, but it's a shame that that's where we need to go to learn the complete story. I guess there's no reason to read the manga, LN and watch the anime for a series then. Once you've read the source one adaption would be enough I'd imagine. I might be interested in seeing the other medium but it may be hard to get through since you've seen the material so much. Has anyone ever consumed all 3? What did you think? |
LonoJul 15, 2016 10:00 PM
| Anime has movement and sound which brings the characters to life. LN has more details. and if you watched the anime it makes it easier to visualize the characters. Manga has better art than the anime (usually) and is faster to read than Ln or anime. Overlord is a great example which you can watch all 3 and feel a similar yet different experience. |
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Lono said: I guess there's no reason to read the manga, LN and watch the anime for a series then. Once you've read the source one adaption would be enough I'd imagine. I might be interested in seeing the other medium but it may be hard to get through since you've seen the material so much. Has anyone ever consumed all 3? What did you think? The only same trait of these 4 medium is its story and characters and the only reason to consume all those 4 is none other than you did enjoy and was eager about watching/reading/playing it with its setting. As my example: I do like playing DOTA and warcraft but I'm not interested on the heroes' lores so I didn't bother to watch the movie warcraft. I did enjoy reading Star wars but I wasn't able to like it enough for me to reread it. Same reason that I did not check its movies. It feels like a chore. I did enjoy watching MKNR and was attracted to it, Then it hits me to want more of it, so I search for its LN for continuation of my bliss, but I still felt it more lacking so I tried reading it in another view point called manga and I plan to buy its game some other day. And Thats the gist of it, the same or close enough reason why you pick zelda's manga. PS : Not being able to be impress in medium which is readable-only such as novels or script is another case. So it still all comes down to personal preference. XD |
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| novel is almost always a better medium than anime if the anime was adapted from it. And manga is most often the case in the same circumstances. This doesn't work when it's the contrary (IE, the manga/Novel being the adaptation rather than the source) tho. As a general rule usually "Original material" > "its adaptation in another media". So I usually read those first, and then enjoy the animated version of that if I'm interested. |
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Zefyris said: novel is almost always a better medium than anime if the anime was adapted from it. And manga is most often the case in the same circumstances. This doesn't work when it's the contrary (IE, the manga/Novel being the adaptation rather than the source) tho. As a general rule usually "Original material" > "its adaptation in another media". So I usually read those first, and then enjoy the animated version of that if I'm interested. I was also a believer that source>adaptation, I mean it makes sense in theory and in practice its usually true. However i feel like an anime adaptation always has the potential to be better than the source, especially if the source doesn't rely too heavily on internal monologue which is always awkward in anime. The best example I can think of would be boku no hero academia. With the addition of motion, voice acting, and music (dear god the music), it made the high moments hit harder then anything the manga could possibly do, especially in the all might vs nomu fight. The only think that matters when you watch an adaptation is how much you liked the original. If you really enjoyed it you get excited to find it has an adaptation coming, if not then you can just ignore it. |
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